Re: Breakdown strength of air

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Original poster: "Jason Johnson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Wow. Much simpler than I had thought. I figured it would be linear in
some aspect, but I figured that there would have to be some conversion
factor or something in there, because after all it couldn't be "that"
simple :-)

Thanks!

<< Jason R. Johnson >>
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Subject: Re: Breakdown strength of air


> Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
> For pressures above atmospheric, and reasonably big gaps (say, bigger
than a
> few mm), breakdown voltage is going to be proportional to absolute
> pressure... that is, at 15 psig, the breakdown will be twice that of
> atmospheric (i.e. it will be 140 kV/inch instead of 70 kV/inch).  at
150
> psig (i.e. 11 Atm), it will be 770 kV/inch..
>
> At lower than atmospheric pressures, it stays fairly linear down to
around
> 10-30 torr, at which point it starts to get funky.
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>
>
> > Original poster: "Jason Johnson by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
> > Does anyone know of a source of information on breakdown strength vs
> > pressure? All I need is a simple chart or equation to figure out
> > breakdown strength in air up to a couple hundred psi. I used to have
a
> > weblink a long time ago to such a chart, but I have long since lost
it
> > in one of my HD reformattings.
> >
> > << Jason R. Johnson >>
> > G-3 #1129
> > The Geek Group
> > http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/
> >
> > "The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and
> > stupidity."
> >  -Albert Einstein
> >
> >
> >
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